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disolitude on 22 January 2012
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michael_stutzer said:
disolitude said:
michael_stutzer said:
disolitude said:
michael_stutzer said:

Lets look at a proven benchmark Sunspider:

Nokia Lumnia 800                    6957
Samsung Galaxy Nexus          1983
Iphone 4S                                   2222

Windows Phone SMOKES competition!!! OMG!!! It is so higher it makes others look like a joke!

http://www.bestsmartphone.com/2011/09/26/javascript-benchmarks/

I love FUD like this.

Its right up there with dual cores being better than single cores regardless of phone OS and camera megapixels being higher meaning better pictures, regardles of lens.

Putting the browser bar on the bottom of the browser like WP did with the 7.5 updade sped up the browsing experince morenthan any browser benchmark could ever show.


I know right. Who are you tell that WP is lagging behind in terms of Javascript, Sunspider? We have disolitude first hand experience here.

Thats right. its a meanigless stat unless your main browser usage is to watch html5 numbers flipping and fish swimming in a bowl all day long. When using iphone on iOS5 and ie9 on a samsung focus, i can tell you that having the browser bar on the bottom makes the experience faster.

But good thing these benchmarks exist for people who decide to post arguments but dont have much knowledge on the matter or first hand experience...

Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike WP7 at all. It is a nice OS and I prefer it over IOS anyday. I was just saying that saying it smokes competition or things like that is stupid. It is nowhere near that.

As for the benchmark, this is how a browser handles Jacascript. Even developers use it. It is the best way to compare for now. There is no other way around it just because it shows that your favourite platform is a little behind competition. Of course there are lots of other things that effects browser performance, but this is one of the most important things. Of course one would be dumb to buy a phone because of a benchmark.

My main problem with it is the interface. If they change it a little, or let people customize it it will be a very good platform for me. It is heading in the right direction though.

I can fully agree with this.

The speed tests in this vid are complete BS and meaningless benchmarks. But all 3 players are showing gimmicky things like this. The face unloc for galaxy nexus and any apple commercial ever made usually focus on trivial and meaningless things like this stupid challenge.

In my opinion, every phone being sold today is competent enough that it will have some qualities which a video like this could exploit and spin in that phones favor. Well maybe not blackberry once they get over BBM lol...